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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1996
Chris W Korinek, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Joseph Kampschroer, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Richard Haskey, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Applied Power Inc., Butler, WI (US);
Abstract
A tool for removing insulation from an electrical cable, has a pair of levers pivotally joined at a fulcrum point to each other. Each lever has a handle and a jaw on opposite sides of the fulcrum point. The jaws have a plurality of notches of different curvatures which come together in a closed state for stripping insulation from electrical wires of different gauges. One of the jaws also contains a ripper for cutting away the sheathing from an electrical cable. The ripper is formed by a ripper notch with first and second sides that diverge at an acute angle from a vertex to an opening that faces away from the handles. The first side of the ripper notch has a beveled surface which forms a sharp knife edge that cuts the sheathing and the second side is formed by a cylindrical guide pin. When the tool is used, the guide pin is inserted into the end of the cable and directs the sheathing into the ripper notch while preventing the insulated wires within the cable from being damaged by the knife edge. A retractable guard is provided to protect against the ripper notch damaging objects when not being used to cut cable sheathing.